Leaving for an unknown shore 
With every breeze just like a sigh 
The sea is deep with tears of those before 
With feelings like the sea birds cry 
It gently took me by the hand 
Across the ocean blue 
And placed me in a foreign land 
Far away from you 

No more the ancient conversation 
Replies with just a nod 
No fiddle plays a lamentation 
No slowly burning sod 
No smiles await on Ellis 
Fears of the unknown 
Only tired hearts of the countless 
People taken from their homes 

To be drawn across an ocean 
This crooked path we pave 
On earth's eternal motion 
To be a servant to the slave 

Wait and yearn to be released 
As the ground beneath you heaves 
Turn your gaze to the East 
Reflect on what the cold wake leaves 
To be drawn across an ocean 
This crooked path we pave 
On earth's eternal motion 
To be a servant to the slave 

To be drawn across na ocean 
This crooked path we pave 
On earth's eternal motion 
To be a servant to the slave 

To be drawn across an ocean 
This crooked path we pave 
On earth's eternal motion 
To be a servant to the slave...